Pretty much. Wimax is something new that isn't available to everyone so they won't want to throw up any barriers to its adoption. How annoying would it be to have to choose whether you will have it within the year, whether you want to pay extra, etc. They want to just have it as an added bonus where available. Once coverage is wider and more people are using it, they will probably change pricing plans in a few years to reflect new usage for everyone.

Also, Wimax just makes it easier and cheaper for them to provide data so it would not make sense to add a charge.

ugh, the rumors are getting out of hand...the ONLY extra charge will be for the mifi hotspot/tethering. not for the 4g signal itself. that would be the biggest mistake sprint and clearwire could ever make marketing this 4g phone. lol

I would bet money on this being wrong. When the CEO of the company flat out says that you will use the same plans then I tend to believe that over some random website.

Word on the street is still same plans, addon for Sprint's commercial tethering app.

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Count on all of the plans changing. The training slides say that all phones on plans that share minutes with an Evo must be upgraded to a plan designed for the HTC Evo. So the CEO was correct when he said that all phones will use the same plans.

Doesnt really bother me. My wife and i have blackberries, so we have the common family data plan.

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If the training slides are to be believed, you will still have to upgrade your family data plan to a new plan designed for the EVO. If the EVO was allowed on the current family data and simply everything plans, no new plans would have to be designed. I truly hope that this is just a poor choice of terms, but I would think that the slides would have been more specific if the EVO could be used on any of the current plans.

1. Currently 4g is offered from Sprint in the form of 3g/4g data cards and the mifi and have since been reduced in price.

2. Hesse himself said that 4g is actually cheaper than 3g.

I would not be surprised if Sprint does come out with new price plans and offer cheaper plans than they have now to further entice those who might have said they wont get the Evo because their area is has not been announced as a future 4g area.

The Evo and 4g are great for Sprint but as time has shown for Sprint, they have to come very hard to bring in new subs and i think this new phone and new price plans will do it.

no they don't tiako, sprint reps are notorious for spreading false rumors just to say something... i guarantee sites like these find out official news weeks before a sprint rep even know what we are talking about

I just switched to the 69.99 450 plan and I was told the other day when I called about my rebate that I would of had to of changed my plan for this phone anyway. Cause I was on an old F& C plan up until March when I changed so I could be premiere sooner and just have everything. So I am thinking like everyone else says it's only more that wifi tethering..

I was talking to someone on the online chat at Sprint's website, and they told me that from what they were told if you have any of the unlimited data plans then there shouldn't be an increase in price to use 4g. I don't know if anybody has already stated that but I talked to the guy yesterday. He seemed less knowledgeable about if Sprint would charge extra for using the phone as a hotspot.